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July 16th, 2007, 02:56 AM

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Does anyone have an idea of how to get contents (not just text) off the clipboard?
I'm also wondering if it is possible to use vbscript object in jscript or vise versa through createObject("JScript") or new ActiveXObject("VBScript")

July 16th, 2007, 03:15 AM

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Does anyone have an idea of how to get contents (not just text) off the clipboard?

You can retrieve the location (or path to) an image with the following code:

vb Code:

Original - vb Code
Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") objIE.Navigate("about<b></b>:blank") strURL = objIE.document.parentwindow.clipboardData.GetData( "text") objIE.Quit WScript.Echo strURL

Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
objIE.Navigate("about:blank")
strURL = objIE.document.parentwindow.clipboardData.GetData(  "text")
objIE.Quit
WScript.Echo strURL

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I'm also wondering if it is possible to use vbscript object in jscript or vise versa through createObject("JScript") or new ActiveXObject("VBScript")

Yes, they are interchangeable. These are ActiveX objects installed on your system. It doesn't matter what language (or scripting engine) you access them from. Just use the same namespace.

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July 16th, 2007, 04:02 AM

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Alternatively, there are third-party ActiveX controls such as this one that can give you full access to the Clipboard.

July 16th, 2007, 02:43 PM

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Yes, they are interchangeable. These are ActiveX objects installed on your system. It doesn't matter what language (or scripting engine) you access them from. Just use the same namespace.

I didn't succeed with doing that. Could you please show me an example of this?

July 16th, 2007, 02:58 PM

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I didn't succeed with doing that. Could you please show me an example of this?

Sure, which object are you trying to instantiate?

July 16th, 2007, 04:39 PM

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In vb, to use the regExp object of jscript.

July 16th, 2007, 05:27 PM

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Okay, you're talking about a language object. I thought you were talking about a COM object.

Language objects are specific to their language and cannot be used outside of it. However, VBS also provides a RegExp object that you can use. Here's a Jscript example followed by its VBS equivalent.

javascript Code:

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var s = "The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain"; var re = new RegExp("spain", i); if(!re.test(s)) var ar = re.exec(s); alert(ar.count + " matches found."); else alert("0 matches found");

var s = "The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain";
var re = new RegExp("spain", i);
 
if(!re.test(s))
   var ar = re.exec(s);
   alert(ar.count + " matches found.");
else
   alert("0 matches found");

vb Code:

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strTemp = "The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain" Set re = New RegExp re.Pattern = "spain" re.IgnoreCase = vbTrue If re.Test(strTemp) Then Set colMatches = re.Execute(strTemp) Response.Write colMatches.Count & " matches found." Else Response.Write "0 matches found." End If

strTemp = "The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain"
 
Set re = New RegExp
re.Pattern = "spain"
re.IgnoreCase = vbTrue
 
If re.Test(strTemp) Then
    Set colMatches = re.Execute(strTemp)
    Response.Write colMatches.Count & " matches found."
Else
    Response.Write "0 matches found."
End If

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Alternatively, there are third-party ActiveX controls such as this one that can give you full access to the Clipboard.

Isn't there any common COM objects or DLLs that can be use to get binary data off the clipboard or to load it into a flie?

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Isn't there any common COM objects or DLLs that can be use to get binary data off the clipboard or to load it into a flie?

There are no built in COM objects or WMI methods for doing this. You'll have to resort to third-party controls like I've listed above.

Another alternative uses the Kodak Imaging software provided with Windows, but then you have to assume it's actually installed.

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I don't mean to necro here, but I'm interested to hear what, if anything, you came up with for a solution, javaman.